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National Preparedness Month 2024: Sands Partners With Americares to Ready Response Mechanisms in Greater New York
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands : In September, the United S...
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[{"type":"text","content":"National Preparedness Month 2024: Sands Partners With Americares to Ready Response Mechanisms in Greater New YorkNORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands:In September, the United States observes National Preparedness Month 2024 to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for natural disasters and other emergencies. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the observance, which was established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide individuals, communities and organizations with actions and tools to prepare for crises such as earthquakes, winter storms, hurricanes, extreme heat and fires.A key component of Sands' commitment to ensuring the strength and vitality of its regions is helping them prepare for these crisis situations in partnership with disaster relief organizations. For the past four years, global health-focused relief and development organization Americares has been a key Sands Cares partner in that effort.Sands initially worked with Americares to strengthen its emergency response capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region and expanded support for the relief organization to include the United States in 2023. In year one of the current two-year engagement, Americares was able to initiate new work in the Greater New York/Tri-State area, where Sands hopes to build its next world-class integrated resort.Sands Cares' support enabled Americares to recruit 25 new Global Roster members, including nurses, physicians, safety and security officers, mental health and psychosocial support specialists and pharmacists, from the Tri-State area and host its first-ever, in-person Global Roster onboarding training this past May on Long Island, New York. Fifteen new Global Roster members received training on the organization's emergency response interventions, deployment processes, equipment, training and engagement, and the new Americares Global Roster Portal.Many of the new Global Roster members attended an additional in-person EMT Training in Stamford, Connecticut, in June. The three-day event allowed these Global Roster members to set up and break down a WHO-EMT base camp and clinic; receive training on safety and security processes, referral pathways and reporting; and benefit from hands-on networking with nearly 70 attendees from Americares and across the Global Roster.The current Sands ...